Mkts weak; L&T, ICICI, Infy weigh on Sensex
At 1:43 PM The Sensex was down 287.00 points or 2.37 per cent at 11829.94, and the Nifty was down 93.00 points or 2.52 per cent at 3590.90. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices were down 0.81 per cent and 0.12 per cent respectively. Markets were trading weak.

Metal, bank, realty, IT, power, capital goods, auto and oil & gas stocks were witnessing selling pressure. Stocks like Reliance, Infosys, ICICI Bank, L&T and Bharti Airtel proved to be draggers on the Sensex. Out of the 30, HUL, ONGC and Sun Pharma were trading in green in Sensex.

Sterlite Ind at Rs 480.95 down by 7.05 per cent, Hindalco at Rs 66.65 down by 5.06 per cent, M&M at Rs 492.30 down by 4.66 per cent, Reliance Infra at Rs 772.90 down by 4.61 per cent and ICICI Bank at Rs 524.40 down by 4.5 per cent were the losers on Sensex.

Refinery major HPCL was down by 3.05 per cent and Tech major Infosys was down 2.41 per cent. Index biggie Relience was trading down 1.52 per cent.

Mkts dull & quiet, buying in pharma, oil, cement
At 11:56 AM the Sensex was trading at 12,098, down 18 points while the Nifty was up just 2 points, to 3,685. The BSE Midcap Index was up 1per cent and the Smallcap Index gained 1.9 per cent.

Markets are comparitively dull and quiet with the indices moving around the previous closing values.

Mkts open with gains, SAIL, ONGC, Tata Steel gain
At 9:57 AM, the Sensex was trading at 12,144, up 28 points and the Nifty was up 13 points at 3,697. The CNX Midcap went up 24 points, to 4,064. Opening with gains, the markets were experiencing volatility.